We Would Like to Thank:
Our research took us to government offices and to Lexington's wonderful libraries, including Lexington Public Library and University of Kentucky libraries. There we found a wealth of documents, reports, maps, meeting minutes, newspaper articles, scholarly articles, dissertations, and oral histories. Online, we found websites from organizations and think tanks. And we talked with people who know a lot about Lexington or systemic racism, and were willing to share their ideas with us.
Everywhere we went, whether in person by phone, or online, we found gracious, helpful people who took genuine interest in our work and wanted to help.
For Use of Materials
Lexington Herald-Leader for permission to use several photographs
Mark Lopez, Director, Silkwood Studio, for making the film Segregated By Design available for all to use.
For banner photo, "New Homes in Lexington" (1940): Library of Congress, photo taken by Marion Post Wolcott. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017804605/
Megan Browndorf, University of Chicago Libraries, for permission to use Chicago redlining map
Art Crosby, Director, Lexington Fair Housing Council
The many students, thinkers, writers, activists, and scholars whose books, dissertations, articles, papers, and websites provided facts and figures, ideas, insights, and inspiration. Most are listed in the References page.
For Help in Gathering Information
At the Lexington Public Library, Sarah Hubbard and the entire Kentucky Room staff
Meredith Watson, Manager, and the staff of the Fayette County Clerk's Office, Land Records Division.
Hal Baillie, Pam Whitaker, and several other staff members of the LFUCG Division of Planning.
Faith Harders and Lalana Powell of the University of Kentucky Design Library (now merged with Fine Arts Library)
Sarah Watson, Map & Geospatial Services Manager of the UK Science and Engineering Library.
Many staff members of the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center, including: Jennifer Bartlett of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History; Jay-Marie Bravent, Graduate Outreach & Teaching Archivist; Sarah Coblentz, Research Services Specialist; Shawn Livingston, Director of Research Services; Megan Mummey, Collection Management Archivist. In addition, we used, in modified form, the Special Collections Research Center's notice of caution about disturbing language in historical materials.
Terri Brown, head of Circulation, William T. Young Library.
Beau Steenken, Instructional Services Librarian & Professor of Legal Research, UK Law Library
Lance Hale and Jennifer Patterson, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Archives and Records Management Division, for providing the case files for Matthews v. Bedford, Fayette Circuit Court.
Jennifer Sutton, Research Analyst, Lexington Fayette Urban County Council Office
For Advice and Information
Charles Thompson and Sallie Abbott for editorial help and advice.
Anita Courtney, Susan Hill, and Mary Ann Sutherland for presentation advice.
Marty Newell for presentation editorial advice and technical help.
Our first interviewees: Lisa Adkins, Linda Blackford, James Brown, Yvonne Giles and Tiffany Masden considered our draft of an earlier project idea, and gave thoughtful advice, some of which we followed in a reconfigured effort.
Justin Kirchner, Director of Homeownership, Lexington Community Land Trust
Richard Young, CivicLex
Richard Schein, University of Kentucky Department of Geography
Pam Brinegar
Carmen Mitchell, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Art Crosby, Executive Director, Lexington Fair Housing Council
Bud Ratliff for tech guidance
